''Dacryobolus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
crust fungi
The corticioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having effused, smooth basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the undersides of dead tree trunks or branches. They are sometimes colloquially called crust fungi or pa ...
in the family
Fomitopsidaceae
The Fomitopsidaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Polyporales. Most species are parasitic on woody plants, and tend to cause Wood-decay fungus#Brown rot, brown rots. The name comes from ''Fomitopsis'' (meaning "looking like ...
.
Elias Fries
Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to hundreds of fungus and lichen sp ...
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
the genus in 1849 with ''Dacryobolus sudans'' (then known as ''Hydnum sudans'' Alb. & Schwein.) as the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
.
''Dacryobolus'' are wood-decay fungi that cause a
brown rot.
Species
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Dacryobolus costratus''
(Rehill & B.K.Bakshi) S.S.Rattan (1977) – Asia
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Dacryobolus gracilis''
H.S.Yuan (2016) – China
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Dacryobolus incarnatus''
Quél. (1885)
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Dacryobolus karstenii''
(Bres.) Oberw. ex Parmasto (1968) – Europe
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Dacryobolus montanus''
X.Z.Wan & H.S.Yuan (2016) – China
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Dacryobolus phalloides''
Manjón, Hjortstam & G.Moreno (1984) – Spain
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Dacryobolus sudans''
(Alb. & Schwein.) Fr. (1849) – Europe
References
Fomitopsidaceae
Polyporales genera
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
Taxa described in 1849
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